{"id":12834,"date":"2026-07-23T12:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12834"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:53:43","slug":"about-national-chambal-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-national-chambal-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"National Chambal Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Chambal Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Supreme Court said preventive detention orders should be passed against those facilitating illegal sand mining activities in and around the National Chambal Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Chambal Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also called the <\/span><b>National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tri-state protected riverine sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along the Chambal River and ravines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It lies at <\/span><b>the tri-junction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of three states <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main focus of the sanctuary is to <\/span><b>protect the critically endangered Gharial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Red-crowned roof turtle &amp; endangered Ganges dolphin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chambal supports the <\/span><b>largest population of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gharial\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gharials<\/a> in the wild.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is listed as an <\/span><b>important bird area (IBA).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The topography is full of ravines, hills &amp; sandy beaches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is part of the <\/span><b>Kathiar-Gir dry deciduous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forest ecoregion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">threatened categories like <\/span><b>mugger crocodile, smooth-coated otters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Striped Hyena &amp; Indian wolves, Indian narrow-headed soft shell turtle, three- striped roof turtle &amp; crowned river turtle.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mammals are also seen, which include Sambhar deer, Neel Gai (blue bull), Indian gazelle, Rhesus Monkey, Hanuman Langur etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/india\/2026\/Jul\/22\/preventive-detention-orders-should-be-passed-against-those-facilitating-illegal-sand-mining-sc-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Chambal Sanctuary is a tri-state protected riverine sanctuary along the Chambal River and ravines. 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